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44 泊める To Let Someone Stay Over

Alternative Meanings

To Let Someone Stay The Night

Part of Speech

Transitive verb and Ichidan verb

Reading

とめる

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

うちに知らない人を泊めるのは嫌です。

I don’t want to have some stranger stay at our house.

Meaning Explanation

泊まる is "to stay the night." Now you're letting someone else stay the night, which makes this to let someone stay over or to let someone stay the night.

Reading Explanation

The reading comes from 泊まる.

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